Tabbed by Justin Silliker Riff 1: Do this little walkdown between the G and A throughout the song. --3-------------- | --3-------------- | --------2-------- | --------2-------- | --2-----0-------- | --3--4----------- | Riff 2: ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----2------0-----2------------------2------0---2---- | --3------2-----3------------2-----3------2-----3---- | -------3--------------3--5-------------3------------ | F5 C5 G5 A5 F5 C5 G5 F5 C5 my name is Miguel Simone G5 A5 a man who walked it alone F5 C5 at least that's what it says on the stone under G5 the sycamore F5 C5 my mother was dead by the time i was born G5 A5 in the black of my eyes the gypsy nurse warned F5 C5 she could already see my path torn between the sun G5 and the moon F5 C5 so i walked it and i walked it straight G5 A5 until i passed through so many a gate F5 C5 that not even the blame and the hate of my father G5 could follow F5 C5 so roll me into my last shallow bed G5 A5 use carpenter tacks in the lid F5 C5 G5 waste not the silk on my head my lover has wove F5 C5 see that no roses touch my grave G5 A5 no prayers to a god i never forgave F5 G5 no final wishes, save that you C5 G5 C5 bury my body and me down by Whiskey Grove Riff 2 F5 C5 i once knew the love of a wife G5 A5 sometimes the nectar, sometimes the knife F5 C5 but it always seemed that my life was lived G5 alongside of things F5 C5 three children born one hot July G5 A5 she clutched the one that did not die F5 C5 the heat and the light just passed by as i carried G5 the other two - F5 i still carry the other two F5 C5 so roll me into my last shallow bed G5 A5 use carpenter tacks in the lid F5 C5 G5 waste not the silk on my head my lover has wove F5 C5 see that no roses touch my grave G5 A5 no prayers to a god i never forgave F5 G5 no final wishes, save that you C5 G5 C5 bury my body and me down by Whiskey Grove Riff 2 F5 C5 i've seen the place where the daylight was killed G5 A5 and the blood of a blue moon lay spilled F5 C5 where hearts go quiet, memory stilled, rest is G5 bestowed F5 C5 it's a place where the cup passeth over for good G5 A5 and even Jesus would've hid if he could F5 C5 G5 in that forsaken stretch of wood they call Whiskey Grove F5 C5 so roll me into my last shallow bed G5 A5 use carpenter tacks in the lid F5 C5 G5 waste not the silk on my head my lover has wove F5 C5 see that no roses touch my grave G5 A5 no prayers to a god i never forgave F5 G5 no final wishes, save that you C5 G5 C5 bury my body and me down by Whiskey Grove Riff 2 F5 C5 my name is Miguel Simone G5 A5 a man who walked it alone F5 C5 at least that's what it says on my stone under the G5 sycamore
